The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-26
SIDEWALK CROWDS.
How They Collect aud Obstruct Pedes-
trisns.
NARY JANE.
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trisns.
Special Correspondence
NEW YORK, Oct 25-ln places remote
from the metropolis a theory obtains 10 the
effect that in New York crowds never collect
on the sidewalk and remain standing that
they move on and dare not stop Ii is mis-
take. This is the place where crowds collect
in the shortest and stand the longest time
The sight of an ambulance backed up in
front of a door gathers a crowd at once
Everybody who comes along not actually
under contract 10 be AZ a certain place AT a
certain hour stops Many do not hesitate 10
snap their engagements short off on such &C.
casiOns The entire ihrong stand hour after
hour waiting to see the sick OF mangled per-
son brought out and put into the ambu-
lance. They don't know his name or
what has happened to him. and they
are not likely to know. but they
wait TO see him all the same. This is not
sympathy II is curiosity Of the idlest and
most proftless kind Well dressed and i'll
dressed women are in the throng So are
men with high silk hats and men with scarcely
"a hat 10 their names. Boys, servant maids.
little children and very old folk are also
there Rain or storm has no effect on them
neither the fiery beams OF the sun nor the
piercing tooth of the wind. They are there
TO see that man or that woman brought ont
and put in that wagon. and they refuse to be-
thwarted of their intent.
And again, observe "A window where three
OF four pastebOard animal, are formed into
an orchestra and kept in motion by e.ec-
R.b . IL
Hanes Some faces and they are not juye-
nile ones, either. are glued to the glass Of the
window for hours Anything in the nature
Of perpetual motion is sstonishingly faScins-
ting 10 the multitude
And as the holidays approach and auto
matir attractions are placed in show win
dows, the sidewalks about these places be-
come impossible Never for a moment does
the crowd thin out. Others Immediately
take the places Of all who leave.
In a window on popular street are two
women with very long hair For months
they have stood there brushing their tresses,
aud for the same length Of time the sidewalk
has been well nigh blockaded
ii horse drops dead in the street the poo
pie halt. and not until the poor animals
'pi iffhihtH bll'iNiNt " III iNtN tIilSflI 10
move on The streets of New York ALWAYS
contain large proportion Of people who
never bother themselves about time. They
halt whichever anything Interest," them and
say till they have appea,ed their curiosity.
\ stage struck daughter trying to escape
from hoae with her trunk held an audience
from = o'clock until Il ono day lately The
old man IA the cGsc. otherwise the parent
Of the young lady, was peculiarly obstinate
and the fair Juliet herself was as persistent
a. she was beautiful The miscellaneous
throng took sides as the matter progressed
and grew in interest. Some even went up TO
demonstrate with the old man. Some went
away and returned with several friends Al
together 1t was a scene well calculated t. dis
sipate the idea lurking in the rural mind that
crowds are not permitted 10 stand IN New
York sidewalks GERTRUDE GARRISON.